(Minghui.org) After reading the article published on the Chinese Minghui website titled “Traditional Culture Is Not Cultivation; Beware of Another Brainwashing Trick,” I reflected on the following thoughts: As Dafa disciples, we should recognize the importance of Dafa and know that nothing in the secular can compare to it.
Master said:
“You know, I’ve told you a principle before: everything a person sees is infused into his brain. When he is infused with a lot of good things, he will be a good person. And if he is infused with a lot of bad things, he will be a bad person. When a Dafa disciple continually reads the books of Dafa, he is a being of upright Fa, and when he cultivates into a god he will be a King of Law.” (“Teaching the Fa at the Western U.S. International Fa Conference”)
Dafa disciples are beings created by Dafa, so Dafa is the most fundamental starting point in our daily lives. No environment or situation should be able to shake this!
Traditional culture, on the other hand, is meant to be a starting point for society at large. It serves to maintain human morality to a certain level so that the civilization will not become corrupt. Thus, it will always remain at the level of human beings.
If a practitioner regularly reads books on traditional culture instead of Dafa books, he will be infused with the standards of becoming a man of moral integrity in ordinary society. In this way, he may end up being a good person, rather than a cultivator striving to reach a higher realm.
Dafa disciples should continually read the books of Dafa, examine themselves to find their own shortcomings based on the Fa, constantly assimilate to Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, and do the three things well in order to help save more sentient beings. Only by doing so can we become beings forged by Dafa and walk our paths well.
When the Chinese communist regime attempts to propagate what it claims to be “traditional culture,” it actually only uses the surface form of traditional culture. As for the true inner meanings of traditional culture, such as belief in the divine, cultivating virtue, the principle of evil being punished and good being rewarded, and the phenomenon of reincarnation, the regime avoids these topics altogether.
As Dafa disciples, we should be able to recognize the regime's true colors.
Master said:
“No matter what happens, one must maintain good xinxing. Only through adhering to Dafa can one be truly right.” (Zhuan Falun)
“If you put Dafa in a secondary place and put your supernatural powers in the primary place, or as an enlightened person you believe that what you understand one way or another is correct, or if you even regard yourself as being great and beyond Dafa, I would say that you have already started to stumble. It would be dangerous and you would become ever worse. At that time, you would really be in trouble, and your cultivation would end up in vain. If things are not done right, you will stumble and fail in your cultivation.” (Zhuan Falun)
No matter what situations we encounter and wherever we are, we should keep in mind that we are beings created by Dafa, and Dafa is the basis for everything. Upholding and following Dafa is essential for us to stay true on our cultivation paths.
Category: Improving Oneself
